Alumni Spotlights
What motivated you to pursue a degree in African and African American Studies (AAAS)?
I chose to major in AAAS to deepen my understanding of my own heritage (Nigerian and the broader African diasporic experience) while also studying other…
What motivated you to pursue a degree in African and African American Studies (AAAS)?
I was motivated to pursue AAAS because I have always been interested in studying Black history. Even in my non-AAAS courses, I made sure my…
What drew you to major in AAAS initially?
“The ability to study my people, with my people, by my people.”
How has your understanding of African and African American Studies evolved through the program?
“I really did not know…
Majoring in AAAS has allowed me to critically engage with the question: "What is Black technology?" Through class discussions, community engagement projects, and academic research, I explored Black interactions with and contributions to the…
Majoring in DAAAS has allowed me to explore and expand my understanding of Blackness in its abstraction and diasporic multiplicity. By blurring the lines between theory and practice in my assemblage of artistic and academic practices, I have…